'Ill-tempered' definitions:

Definition of 'ill-tempered'

From: WordNet
adjective
Annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]

Definition of 'Ill-tempered'

From: GCIDE
  • Ill-tempered \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
  • 1. Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
  • Syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]